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 Inez rated 37 months ago -
From Lens Culture:
When I was a child I occasionally found mermaid's purses - egg cases for sharks and skates which had washed up on the beach. I wanted to open the purses, to find out if the leathery sacks actually contained a baby shark or not, but spent long minutes filled with an...
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- donniedarko rated 26 months ago
- Truly incredible and haunting photographs of various species' foetuses.
- harakiri rated 39 months ago
- I can't decide if I find her work beautiful or disturbing. Maybe a mixture of both.
- jaxon5 rated 34 months ago
- fucked up, how many underdeveloped animals have you held in your hands?
- antieco rated 35 months ago
- Important Things
photos and text by
Tamara Lischka
"When I was a child I occasionally found mermaid's purses - egg cases for sharks and skates which had washed up on the beach. I wanted to open the purses, to find out if the leathery sacks actually contained a baby shark or not, but spent long minutes filled with anxiety about what I would see if I did....
- Patniche rated 36 months ago
- Weird...
- Inez rated 37 months ago
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From Lens Culture:
When I was a child I occasionally found mermaid's purses - egg cases for sharks and skates which had washed up on the beach. I wanted to open the purses, to find out if the leathery sacks actually contained a baby shark or not, but spent long minutes filled with anxiety about what I would see if I did. Would the fish still be alive? Would it squirm or move? Having destroyed its haven, could I really just stand there and watch the fetus die? Eventually such thoughts eclipsed all curiosity, and so I always put the purse back down on the sand and left it undisturbed.
In the past my work has held its secrets close, literally enclosed in the sculptural spaces created by curled fingers and closing hands... But now the hands are beginning to open, long sequestered thoughts and feelings finally examined and revealed.
- mayalanda rated 37 months ago
- Very provocative images! I suggest looking at all of them in her gallery, but only if you're prepared to be a little disturbed.
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